He is ἡ ἀμπελος ἡ ἀληθινὴ (John 15:1), not thereby denying that Israel also was God's vine, which we know it was (Psalm 80:8; Jeremiah 2:21), but affirming that none except Himself realized this name, and all which this name implied, to the full (Hosea 10:1; Deuteronomy 32:32). "You never saw a woman sewing without a needle! The Christian gospel declares that Christ suffered for them. "I am Jehovah thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." There is physical, historical, and moral truth; but I lay my hand on the Bible and say, "This is life eternal. Christ does not abrogate law, but by His own life and sacrifice first satisfies its conditions. Morally, they are children all their lives. )Jesus ChristF. "The obvious challenge in preaching this reading may seem to be how to say anything fresh, meaningful, and new about the world's most famous Bible verse." The twofold nature of the Divine Man.IV. They leave, cutting across the city going east. "Think not that I came to destroy, but to fulfil." Perhaps not frequently. 14; and in ver. And the glory of what Christ has achieved, and the revelation of grace which has come by Christ, is this, that while Christ has cancelled the old and infirm form of law, Christ creates a righteousness transcending all that law had demanded. )The law shows us our need of ChristJ. She points to a great chest of linen, on the top whereof lay a fair looking-glass. Under the agency of the Spirit we are softened from our natural hardness to receive Divine impression, and fashioned into the very character of the gospel so that we realize it, embody it, and render it visible, so that we adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour by showing what it is. GRACE.1. Jay.I. The Christian gospel declares that Christ suffered for them. CAME BY JESUS CHRIST.1. The one could only show in figure, what the other exhibits in fact, the means whereby we may obtain pardon where the command has unhappily been broken.(G. But there is a THIRD DISPENSATION, and at the head of it one greater than Moses. Hence we see that, while God has always a law, and that law has always been in its great characteristics the same, man has always failed to keep it.(W. It is a shadow, it produces no real change in a man. Here, as in Jesus' discourse on the Good Shepherd (10:1-18), we see an extended metaphor. L.I. This grace, embodied in the life, working outwards from the heart —III. The beneficence as well as the rectitude of this is apparent. Grace came by Jesus Christ. The enlarging soul of the race asks a freer, more sincere, more vital nurture, and it comes. The law given to the Jewish people so far forth as it was law begins by imposing duty, and it makes the fulfilment of duty the condition of peace with God and of larger power to do well and of eternal blessedness. The universe is a great school for the discipline of the intellect and the virtue of mankind, and it could not be an effective discipline if the natural order were not constant. (3) The truth of certainty in distinction to error and falsehood. The guilt is mine, and if I live for a thousand years it will be mine still." We are under law — this is the inference — under law throughout every province of life, and we can never escape the natural consequences of our sins. Godet, D. D.It is at this point that the Apostle for the first-time announces the great name so long expected. What is antinomianism, but a lie? The Divine message.2. And wherever the grace is obscured, the truth, the very reality and substance of the Christian revelation loses its place, and the mere shadows of heavenly things remain. Spencer. Let me take another illustration of how Christ contradicts what may be called our natural belief in law. A COMPARISON.1. Mohammed was a man of great talent; but that his communications from God, that his puerile and depraved notions were Divinely inspired, is a lie. "The patriarchal age" we call it. But are they to remain ignorant always?(W. A COMPARISON.1. What is Popery? Preston. Culross, D. D.)The one could only give the command, but the other supplies motives and strength to keep it. The Christian gospel declares that Christ suffered for them. Mohammed was a man of great talent; but that his communications from God, that his puerile and depraved notions were Divinely inspired, is a lie. So, I think, when we're dealing wi' sinners, we maun aye put in the needle o' the law first; for the fact is, they're sleepin' sound, and they need to be awakened up wi' something sharp. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Brown, M. A.There was first, in the Law, God's claim of right, which man could not meet, and now, in Jesus Christ, God's gift of salvation.(J. Righteousness and joy and peace is the character of His kingdom.II. He dismisses it at once, and will help you to mend your ways, will help you to break off evil habits, will help you to master evil passions, will help you to become pure, devout, and earnest about religion." (4) Because He is the exemplifier of it. The law of consequence begins by imposing duty. By Dr. Keith Wagner I know of some ministers who actually practice “foot washing” during worship. Not grace without truth or truth without grace. A. To a people who nevertheless failed to keep it in its entirety for a single generation. We Christians have the true thing, of which circumcision is but the shadow, the circumcision of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of man but of God. The Cross does not unbind the cords of accountability, but tightens and strengthens them. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children’s Sermons Hymn Lists. Christ brings a grace that is truthful, and a truth that is gracious. Grace came by Jesus Christ. L.)Grace and truth by Jesus ChristW. Culross, D. D., G. J. Life has put its harness upon us, and we must work in it. Christ reveals the actual truth. ( Augustine. In Christ, the gracious power of the Eternal revealed, not to one age only but to all ages, that nature is not supreme, but that God is supreme. She will give us harvests, but we must pay her price, and her full price. The Divine message.2. The principle of duty is that law. That promise has been fulfilled by Jesus Christ. ABOUT JUDAISM WE HAVE THE OUTWARD; ABOUT GRACE AND TRUTH WE HAVE THE INWARD. L.)Grace and truth by Jesus ChristW. Do you know what I mean? 1. The enlarging soul of the race asks a freer, more sincere, more vital nurture, and it comes. You would hardly say that if you knew the difference from experience. Their laws were given amidst the external thundering and lightning of Sinai; ours amid the calmness and quietness peculiar to Christ. Do not imagine you can glide over into the favour of heaven, without first keeping the commandment. What is Popery? But take Jesus Christ away, and grace and truth are gone; for these gifts have come by Him, and are closely united to His Person.(F. The principle of duty is that law. Sermon for John 3:1-17 - There Are Other Worlds To Sing In Lent 2 His name was Paul. Not like the law for a people, but for the world (Matthew 11:28; John 3:16; 1 Timothy 2:4; Titus 2:11).(W. By The Rev. Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jan 21, 2021. If the simple religious instincts of Abraham had been accepted for righteousness; if the law had been given by Moses, grace and truth enter in by Jesus Christ — grace for the heart, truth for the understanding.1. You read of the promise made unto the fathers. W. Dale, M. (J. Culross, D. D.)The one could only give the command, but the other supplies motives and strength to keep it. There are some who are all truth who are not all that grace requires. The beneficence as well as the rectitude of this is apparent. THE LAW. If natural laws were supreme, men born blind would remain blind to the end of their days. Life has put its harness upon us, and we must work in it. Lockhart. The dispensation of NATURAL RELIGIOUS FEELING.1. We must have something to do with them, or they will have something to do with us. You read of the promise made unto the fathers. Both bearers of a revelation.II. Grace came by Jesus Christ. If the simple religious instincts of Abraham had been accepted for righteousness; if the law had been given by Moses, grace and truth enter in by Jesus Christ — grace for the heart, truth for the understanding. The Passover, e.g., sets forth the emancipation from Egypt; the Lord's Supper of redemption from sin. You think that by an eternal law you must suffer for your sins. The law given to the Jewish people so far forth as it was law begins by imposing duty, and it makes the fulfilment of duty the condition of peace with God and of larger power to do well and of eternal blessedness. You would hardly say that if you knew the difference from experience. The law of consequence begins by imposing duty. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. The Divine message.2. ence whether they are penal or whether they are natural and disciplinary? That is grace. The perfection of the Christian arises from the harmony and proportion of these excellencies. Divine laws never looked so sacred as when they took sanctity from the redemption of the Crucified. "Grace was poured into His lips," therefore "the common people heard Him gladly. What is antinomianism, but a lie? Take her traditions, rites of saints, miracles, infallibility — what are these but lying wonders? A period of law begins. It acted from impulse. Sometimes, indeed — and far more often than we even suppose — I am inclined to believe that Christ does really deliver us even from the natural consequences of wrong-doing. I. )The purpose of the lawThe law threatened, not helped; commanded, not healed; showed, not took away, our feebleness. The fact of deliverance was indisputable, and just as indisputable the fact that the people had not delivered themselves; and for a while the delivered people hardly knew why they were delivered. Not obviously. Spencer.One of the persecutors, in Queen Mary's days, pursuing a poor Protestant, and searching the house for him, charged an old woman to show him the heretic. The one could only show in figure, what the other exhibits in fact, the means whereby we may obtain pardon where the command has unhappily been broken.(G. The Jewish Sabbath, the last day of the week, commemorated the creation of the world; the Christian Sabbath, the first of the week, is the sign of the new creation. TO WHOM GIVEN1. Everything worthy of the name flows from His mediation — "promises which are yea and amen through Him"; redemption, which is through His blood. "Never man spoke as this man." )LinksJohn 1:17 NIVJohn 1:17 NLTJohn 1:17 ESVJohn 1:17 NASBJohn 1:17 KJVJohn 1:17 Bible AppsJohn 1:17 ParallelJohn 1:17 Biblia ParalelaJohn 1:17 Chinese BibleJohn 1:17 French BibleJohn 1:17 German BibleJohn 1:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (1)Meekness, disinterestedness (Exodus 32:20-32).(2)Prayerfulness.III. It will either be a savour of life or a savour of death.1. FOR WHOM. From Him they were inseparable. We are conscious of fault, perhaps of something that ought to be described by a darker name. We have to take account of it in the conduct of life. There is an iron rigidity in the constitution of things. 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